News and Media

News and Media Releases

• Autumn Spriggs is the new Project Manager in the Office of the President July 1, 2022
• Chief Academic Officer Announces Appointment of Sharon Beasley, Ph.D., as UDC’s Director of Nursing Education June 28, 2022
• Chief Academic Officer Announces Appointment of Twinette Johnson, J.D., Ph.D., as Acting Dean of the UDC Law School June 27, 2022
• Message from President Ronald Mason Jr. in response to the Dobbs v. Jackson U.S. Supreme Court ruling June 25, 2022
• In Memoriam: Reginald M. Felton, Former UDC Board of Trustees Member  June 17, 2022
• Three University of the District of Columbia Students Selected for Inaugural Thurgood Marshall College Fund and Apple’s Engineering & Innovation Program May 26, 2022
• 45th Commencement Live at 10am – Click here to view May 14, 2022
• Civil Rights Lawyer Benjamin L. Crump to Give Keynote Speech at UDC Spring 2022 Commencement May 9, 2022
• 2022 Commencement Speaker May 3, 2022
• UDC Forward Issue 7: Students learn financial literacy, Art Mandate takes over Gallery 42, Law alumnus leads Rhode Island Black Business Association April 28, 2022
• Message from President Ronald Mason Jr. in response to yesterday’s shooting in the 2900 block of Van Ness Street, NW April 23, 2022
• 4/22/22: Emergency Alert: Shelter-in-place (Van Ness campus) Active Shooting Incident April 22, 2022
• UDC Forward Issue 6: Earth Day, Urban AgroEcology: Towards a Sustainable and Equitable Food Systems Model, Professor receives NSF’s Alan T. Waterman Award April 21, 2022
• Dr. Lara A. Thompson is the first principal investigator faculty member of an HBCU to receive the NSF’s prestigious Alan T. Waterman Award April 20, 2022
• UDC Forward Issue 5: UDC Forward: DC Emancipation Day, Research Week 2022, Annual Water Symposium… April 14, 2022
• DC Residents Can Receive Up To $8,000 In Scholarships Through the DC Futures Program at the University of the District of Columbia April 8, 2022
• UDC Forward Issue 4: SEAS team gets top prize in Design Challenge, UDC alum heads Smithsonian security, chemistry students win research presentation… April 7, 2022
• UDC CAS Reads Big Lecture Series: Adam Harris, author of “The State Must Provide,” discusses book and racial inequality in higher education April 5, 2022
• UDC Forward Issue 3: Law School Clinical Training Ranks #5 in U.S. News & World Report, UDC Receives $300K Propel Grant, UDC Women’s Achievements March 31, 2022
• UDC Research Week – April 4 – 8, 2022 March 30, 2022
• UDC Law’s Clinical Program ranked number five in Clinical Training in U.S. News & World Report Graduate School Rankings March 29, 2022
• UDC CAS Reads Big Lecture Series: Adam Harris, author of “The State Must Provide,” discusses book and racial inequality in higher education March 29, 2022
• UDC Athletics Rolls Out the Firebirds Community Access Tennis Program March 24, 2022
• UDC Forward Issue 2: UDC Students Advance to ‘Elite 8’ in the Honda Challenge, Faculty Awarded $1.6M NSF Grant and more… March 24, 2022
• Welcome to UDC Forward, UDC’s official weekly newsletter March 17, 2022
• UDC Jobs and Internships Virtual Fair – April 12, 2022 February 23, 2022
• UDC receives $200,000 donation from The Leonsis Foundation,Monumental Sports & Entertainment and Washington Wizards… February 20, 2022
• VIEW LIVE TODAY – Dr. Edwin B. Henderson Sports Complex Naming Ceremony – Feb. 19 @ 11am February 19, 2022
• UDC to Rename Sports Complex After the ‘Grandfather of Black Basketball’ February 18, 2022
• TODAY – Watch live – Founders’ Day – Feb. 17, 2022 @ 10am February 17, 2022
• 3rd Annual Virtual Faculty Senate Research Conference – February 11, 2022 – Register Today February 9, 2022
• Founders’ Day 2022 – Mayor Muriel Bowser to give keynote – Feb. 17, 2022 – Register TODAY February 9, 2022
• University of the District of Columbia: An ideal option for aspiring engineers and computer scientists February 4, 2022
• UDC Campus “All Clear” 2-1-22 February 1, 2022
• Campus Notification: Campus is Open January 27, 2022
• The UDC David A. Clarke School of Law mourns the passing of Edgar S. Cahn January 24, 2022
• UDC Innovation Challenge – Guardian January 24, 2022
• UDC names athletic complex after noted alumnus Dr. Edwin Bancroft Henderson January 19, 2022
• UDC partners with Xcelerate Solutions to expand career opportunities for students January 19, 2022
• Campus Notification – UDC 2-Hour Delay Opening (10 am) – Friday, January 7, 2022 January 6, 2022
• IPPH State of Play Presents: A Trilogy on the IMPACT of COVID-19 – January 7th at noon January 6, 2022
• Campus Notification – UDC 2-Hour Delay Opening (10 am) – Tuesday January 4, 2022 January 3, 2022
• The University of the District of Columbia lands a record $2.3 million gift – Washington Post December 28, 2021
• UDC wins $300K Propel Agri-Tech grant December 20, 2021
• UDC Receives $2.3 Million Donation—Its Largest Private Gift In History December 17, 2021
• UDC Education Programs Virtual Open House – Dec. 14th December 10, 2021
• BASKETBALL DOUBLE HEADER – TOMORROW – Dec. 4, 2021 – Games Start at 1pm 🏀🏀 December 3, 2021
• AllCare and MOM’s Organic Market sign retail leases with the University of the District of Columbia November 19, 2021
• Founders’ Day SAVE THE DATE – Award Nominations are open November 17, 2021
• Dr. Edwin Bancroft Henderson Sports Naming Complex – Feb. 19, 2022 @ 11am November 15, 2021
• Veterans Day Observation 2022 November 10, 2021
• BOT Notification: Regular Meeting of the Full Board of Trustees Nov. 9, 2021 @ 6pm November 8, 2021
• University of the District of Columbia receives national recognition for achievements in student success November 5, 2021
• Community Leaders Joined UDC, EPRI and Pepco to Unveil New Innovative Agriculture Pod at UDC’s Bertie Backus Campus November 2, 2021
• UDC Biomedical Engineering program becomes only ABET-accredited program at HBCU November 1, 2021
• University of the District of Columbia Partners with Follett ACCESS to Offer Free Course Materials through CARES ACT Funding October 28, 2021
• Welcome Mr. Roy Layne, Chief Financial Officer October 21, 2021
• NBC 4 Washington features UDC Nursing Program October 21, 2021
• Welcome Dr. Charles M. Sutton – Director of Title III October 19, 2021
• Welcome Mr. Stephan M. Byam – Associate Vice President of Information Technology October 19, 2021
• Ronald Mason, Jr. – President of the University of the District of Columbia October 18, 2021
• Stephen Willard – Former CEO, Cellphire, Inc. October 18, 2021
• Tommy Wells – Director, Department of Energy & Environment (DOEE) October 18, 2021
• Brandi Toliver – Senior Academic Program Manager, International & Academic Affairs Office, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) October 18, 2021
• Susan Taylor – Founder & CEO, National CARES Mentoring Movement and Editor-in-Chief Emerita of Essence Magazine October 18, 2021
• Jimmy Smith – Director, Office of Small Business Programs, Department of the Navy October 18, 2021
• Rynthia Rost – Senior Executive Advisor, IBM October 18, 2021
• Justina Nixon-Saintil – Vice President and Global Head, Corporate Social Responsibility, IBM October 18, 2021
• Tizoc Loza – Director of Business Development, Mandaree Enterprise, LLC October 18, 2021
• Anthony Lewis – Region Vice President, Public Policy, Verizon Communications October 18, 2021
• Anne L. Kinney – Deputy Center Director, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA October 18, 2021
• Bertha Haro – Director of Business Development, Great Minds in STEM October 18, 2021
• LaTrease Garrison – Executive Vice President, American Chemical Society Education and ACS Membership October 18, 2021
• David L. Gadis – CEO & General Manager, DC Water October 15, 2021
• Angela Franco – President & CEO, DC Chamber of Commerce October 15, 2021
• Kim Ford – President & CEO, Martha’s Table October 15, 2021
• James DeBardelaben – President & CEO, IvySys Technologies October 15, 2021
• Tshaka Cunningham – Chief Science Officer & Co-founder, TruGenomix Health, Inc. October 15, 2021
• Karen Cator – Worldwide Education Strategy, Apple Inc. October 15, 2021
• Wayne L. Bethea – Senior Computer Scientist, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory October 15, 2021
• Mashea Ashton – CEO & Founder, Digital Pioneers Academy October 15, 2021
• CAS READS BIG Welcomes Wil Haygood, Scholar and Author of “Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Films in a White World” October 28 at 6 p.m. October 14, 2021
• UDC’S DR. FREDDIE DIXON HONORED SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9TH AT 7 PM EDT October 8, 2021
• UDC’s SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS RECEIVED October 7, 2021
• 2021 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE (AAAS) MAKING AND INNOVATION SHOWCASE October 7, 2021
• 2021-2022 SAP UNIVERSITY ALLIANCES PROGRAM WITH UDC FOR MBA STUDENTS October 7, 2021
• Mr. Vincent Tanoe October 7, 2021
• U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Awards UDC $8.7 Million Towards the Training of Minorities in Public Health Informatics Technology September 29, 2021
• DACOR and University of the District of Columbia Sign Historic Global Studies Mentoring Partnership September 28, 2021
• Dr. Lawrence T. Potter, Jr., UDC Chief Academic Officer/Provost, will present during the “Diversify Tech Education Programs and Inclusive Skills Training” AWS Summit September 27, 2021
• A Special Virtual Conversation with Jesse Washington – Tues. Sept 28th @ 2pm September 26, 2021
• If you missed Opening Convocation, you can see it here. September 24, 2021
• Fall 2021 Opening Convocation September 23, 2020 | 10 a.m. September 23, 2021
• Opioid Use and Prevention Strategies in the District – Sept. 27 – 30, 2021 Register Here September 20, 2021
• BOT Notification: Regular Meeting of the Audit, Budget, and Finance Committee Sept. 14, 2021 @ 6 p.m. September 13, 2021
• Welcome Week presented by the Office of Student Life September 10, 2021
• Biomedical Engineering Guest Seminar: Daily Activity Monitoring in Aging Adults (Tuesday, Sept. 14th, 12:30 -1:30pm) September 10, 2021
• Rigging History: The Untold Story of The Black Men Behind the Scenes as the Smithsonian’s Skull Crew, 1975 – 2000 – Sept. 9th @ 6pm September 8, 2021
• The AUC Data Science Seminar Series will feature Dr. Victor McCrary – Sept 10th @ 12pm September 8, 2021
• President Mason joins MPT HBCU Week Program – View Program Here September 7, 2021